Since she was a young girl, Layla discovered that she possessed an odd, uncanny ability, she can sense the dead, buried just beneath her feet. As one might imagine, this leads to what could be considered by most to be a fairly traumatic upbringing, culminating in her eventual flight as a teenager from her rural hometown in the Pacific Northwest, making a point of actively getting as far away from the dense forests and wilderness as possible.

Years go by, and Layla finds a new and exciting life in the American Southwest, as a grad student studying archaeology at the University of New Mexico. Utilizing her unique talents in secret to advance herself, and assist her colleagues in locating a handful of valuable finds, Layla insists that she possesses nothing more than instinct and dumb luck. 

However, her advisor, in particular, knows a good thing when he sees it, and asks her to join him, on his research expedition in search of a lost Mayan city, He's convinced that, between his notes and Layla's uncanny insights, that they could be at the precipice of the most important Mesoamerican archaeological find in recent history! But it's Layla's instincts that tell her that there are darker things to be found in the jungle. More than just old pyramids and ruins. Reluctantly, Layla now finds herself once again lost and frightened in the wilderness, a place where survival is the most requested need.